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Fleets as of August 2008

A lot of planes would converge on Peking for 08. 08. 2008. Am I right in assuming that airlines would display their newest aircraft and private plane owners would be doing the same?

So, which aircraft, which airlines, routes and interior configurations will be serving Peking in August 2008 with plane types not now in service?

Airbus 380-800 will be possessed by:
Air France, since November 2007. They schedule services to Peking (and e. g. Tokyo) anyway in 2008.
China Southern, by the Olympics.
Emirates, since April 2007.
Etihad, since 2007.
Air China, with leased ILFC frames.
Korean Air.
Lufthansa.
Malaysia Airlines.
Qantas, since April 2007.
Singapore, since December 2006.
Thai Airways are supposed to get theirs in second half of 2008 – does it mean July?
Virgin is supposed not to have Airbus 380 yet at that time.

Boeing 777-200LR worldliner is supposed to be in service since January 2006… who will have it and use it as of August 2008?

Boeing 787 Dreamliner is supposed to Enter Into Service in 2008. When?
Hainan Airlines is supposed to get their planes by June, so they surely would fly to Peking. Any other customers?

Embraer 195 enters into service in 2006. Would any fly to Peking?

As for private jets, the customers are usually not so public… Dassault Falcon 7X is to Enter Into Service in 2006. Would any people be expected to arrive with these? And Embraer VLJ is out in mid-2008, so just in time before August. Delivery flights to Asia would involve a lot of hops (1160 nm range), but Peking can be reached nonstop from anywhere in Japan, South Korea or eastern China… any customers?

So, is PEK going to look interesting during the Olympics?

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